As of 3 April 2025, UNHCR estimates that some 372,550 Syrians have crossed back to Syria via neighboring countries since 8 December 2024. This figure is calculated based on a triangulation of data from Syria, Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Egypt and beyond.
WFP is working to scale up assistance in Sudan for 7 million people by mid-year in Sudan. In Libya, in February, WFP distributed food assistance to 4,285 individuals and reached 342 children under five and 125 pregnant and breastfeeding women and girls.
As the situation in South Sudan continues to deteriorate, War Child is gravely concerned for the 5.4 million children and youth in South Sudan who face a growing threat of violence and recruitment to armed groups.
In March 2025, IOM's Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) conducted an intention survey within the Bentiu IDP Camp as part of its regular population count.
In March 2024, the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) team conducted Housing, Land and Property (HLP) revalidation survey in Naivasha IDP camp hosting a total of 1,316 households (5,371 individuals).
South Sudan is currently facing a severe humanitarian crisis characterized by extensive internal displacement. The underlying causes of these displacement dynamics are varied and include communal clashes, land disputes, insecurity, violence, natural disasters, and cross-border movements.
More than 22 months have passed since the escalation of conflict in Sudan in April 2023. Health is the sector with the third highest people in need as per the Humanitarian Needs Response Plan 2025 (HNRP).
Following the issuance of the stop work order on January 20th 2025, the subsequent lifesaving waivers from January 28th, 2025, and the final project termination letters in late February, MPCA projects executed by partners in South Sudan have not received any waiver or continuation notice from USAID or the Department of State.
In February, humanitarian partners in South Sudan faced 25 reported access challenges, including active hostilities among armed groups, bureaucratic impediments, and violence targeting humanitarian personnel, facilities, and assets.
In February alone, within the total of 3.2 million people assisted, WFP provided Cash-Based Transfers (CBT) to 1.4 million people, the highest number of people reached under this modality since the conflict began.
The African Diplomatic Corps (ADC) and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) met in Juba on 19 March. They resolved to express their concern about the ongoing security challenges in the country, specifically Western Equatoria, Western Bahr el-Ghazal and Upper Nile States, and to call for restraint and de-escalation of the tension and conflict.
There are now 12.9 million forcibly displaced due to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan since April 2023, including 8.9 million internally and 3.8 million in neighbouring countries.
As of February 13th, UNHCR estimates that approximately 279,620 Syrians have returned to Syria since December 8th, 2024. The figures derive from the triangulation of sources both inside and outside Syria, including UNHCR offices and Government sources in Türkiye, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt.
The overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s government in December 2024 has created a historic opportunity to advance justice and the rule of law, ensuring accountability for years of atrocity crimes and implementing governance, judicial, and security sector reforms that protect and fulfil civil, political, and socio-economic rights.
Insecurity Insight’s monitoring indicates that between 2016 and 2024, at least 21 aid workers and 73 health workers, six of which worked for health NGOs, were reportedly killed in drone attacks.
